I had upper and lower jaw surgery on May 25, 2010. Yes, I agreed to have my jaw bones sawed apart, and reset into a properly functioning bite. My top braces went on in July 2008, and the bottom braces went on Jan 2009. It took me a YEAR of reading and researching to come to the realization that I if I ever wanted to bite and chew food like a normal person, then this surgery really was needed (as I was told in my first consult w/the orthodontist. Hey, it really is a big deal). So here we go...

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Tongue Depressors

That's my "home" physical therapy for the next 10 days. Sticking a bunch of tongue depressors in my mouth. LOL Right now 17 fit in my mouth. I have to add 4 more to the stack by adding one everyother day, and holding the stack in my mouth for 15 minutes. All I can do is laugh, I look completely ridiculous. :D But, hey, if it works then I don't have to do real physical therapy, and that makes it worth it! :)

Also, Dr Q got my mouth to open to 34 mm which is 4 mm more that the last time! I was completely surprised, because I didn't think I had improved from the last appt since I was a bit more tense due to things at work this past week. That Flexeril must be helping! (Just to note: 34mm is still VERY limited. I read somewhere that 50 mm is considered the norm for females so I still have A LOT of work to do!)

Other good news this past week - I saw Dr Nelson on Tuesday, and he said my bite looked perfect! And I don't need to wear the rubberbands anymore. Woo! Woo! I had just said to my husband the night before how tired I was of putting those on at night. lol I don't go back to see Dr Nelson for FOUR whole weeks - that hasn't happened since well before the surgery!

And, I got my teeth cleaned on Monday. I was afraid it won't go very well, because of my ROM issues and that I'd be in a lot of pain. So not the case. It went really well, and it feels great to have clean teeth! :)

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I'm 32, a first time blogger, and had upper and lower jaw surgery (which means my jaws were "broke" on purpose - yea, I know, SCARY) to correct my bite. I am blogging about my jaw surgery to document my journey. I hope it can help anyone considering this surgery, or going thru it as it was other's blogs that helped me the most to decide to take this giant leap.